Typographical machine.



P. T. DODGE.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE. APPLICATION man FEB. 6. 1915 7 1,144,822 Patented June 29, 1915.

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PHILIP T. DODGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB T0 MERGEN'IH'ALER LINO'IYPE GOIPLNY, L CORPORATION OF YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL IMAGHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application mammar 6,1915. menus.

To all whom it may concern.- v

. Be it known that I, Pnimr T. Douon, alo'itizen of the United States, residing at New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines, of which the following 'is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. j invention relates to typographical machines, as linotype machines of the noral orgauimtion represented in Letters atof the United States, No. 436532, to U. Mengenthaler, wherein circulating matriees are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to ap-- pearin print and then assembled in line,

the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a sing or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter elevabed and returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started. v

More particularly, it relates to that class of machines employing a plurality of magazihescontnining matrices of diii'erent font or face.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide an arrangement whereby diflerent selmted pairs or pluralities of magazines may be used conjointly, the idea being to permit the mixture of different fonts or faces in the machine for the production of matter of various descriptions, after which the matrices are returned to their appropriate magazines.

It has already been proposed to employ two fixed distributors and a plurality of magazines which can be moved to bring Y different pairs thereof into operative rela- "tion to the distributors. According to my present invention, however. I propose to provide a series of fixed magazines and two or more distributors which may be moved relatively to the magazines so as to be brought into operative relation to different selected pairs or pluralities there- Specifically, I mount the two distrib uters upon separate supporting frames so that each may be connected to difierent magazines independently of the other, with the result that the twodistributers may be made to cooperate with any two lmgwncs chine of the class stated, but obviously many 7 changes and variations may be made therein, and in itsmode of application. which will still be comprised within its spirit. Thus, it may be applied to other forms of typographical machines, such as typesetters, type-casters and-the like, which handle type or dies instead of matrices. Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is a rear view, partly broken away. of a portion of a linotype machine, having mv invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a section takengon the line 22 of Fig. 1: Fig. 3 is a side view of the machine. partly broken away; Fig. 4 is a similar view broken away in a different manner; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

I have limited the drawings to such parts of the machine as are concerned directly with my invention. The assembling and casting devices, etc, may be of any wellknown or approved construction.

The matrices X are stored according to hunt in the magazines A, A A and A. which are mounted in the stationary frame A suitably supported in the machine frame. After the matrices have been composed in line and presented to the casting mechanism, they are carried upward and delivered to the font-separator E, which assorts them according to font and drops them into one or'the'other of the tubes" points in length according to character,

and a set of rotary screws, which are geared together and serve to propel the matrices along the bar until they reach the proper point. v

As previously stated, it is the r r e bf my invention to arrange the two distributers; so that theymay be operatively connected to diflerent selected pairs of magazines. To this end, the distributer C in its entirety, is mounted upon a pair-of brackets C arranged to slide upward and downward in the machine frame, the brackets being formed with tongues C which engage in grooves or guideways F in the opposite sides ofthe framework. Similarly, the entire distributer D is mounted upon a pair of brackets D having tongues D slidabl-y. en-

gaged in the same grooves F. As a result of this arrangement, the two distributors may be shifted up and down so as to be brought into operative relation to any selected pair of magazines at will. For instance, in Fig. 4 the two distributers are shownjas: connected to the uppermost and lowermost mag-' a'zines A and A, while in Figs. 2'and 3,

they are shown as connected to the two .up-

per magazines, A and A. Similarly the distributers may be connected to other selected pairs of magazines, their independent mounting permitting them to cooperate with any two magazines of the series, there being six different pairs thus available'in a series of four magazines. Obviously, by increasing the number of magazines, the number of pairs capable of selection will be multiplied. It is to be-note'd that the delivery tubes E and E leading from the font separator E are telescopic or flexible in order to permit the free and unimpeded movement of the distributers in the manner just described.

Any suitable mechanism may be employed for shifting the distributersand for holding them in their shifted position. In the pres.

' rects the toggle system with a hand lever of arms J connected by pin-and-s1ot connections J to the brackets D and fast upon a rpck shaft J mountedto turn in hearings in the upstanding portions H. One of the levers J is provided with: an-.:arm,.J connected to a .toggle system J which in turn is connected by the rod J to a hand level .J", having a detent J 1 adapted to engage in one or another of the notchcsof the sector J 8 arranged at one side of'the sector G The operation of the parts will be clear;

from the foregoing. By shifting the hand.

levers G and J in the proper manner, the

distributers may be brought into operative relationto any pair of magazines desired.

It is pointed out thatchannel entrances G and D are employed to conduct the matrices from the distributers to the selected magazines, theentrance C being carried by the supporting brackets C of the distributer C,

and the entrance D by the supporting brackets D of the distributer D. The two entrances are pivotally connected to their respective supporting brackets, as at C and D, so as to be swung downward to' give access to the distributers. Owing to the movable nature of the di'stributers, the actuating mechanism therefor must be of such character as to maintain its connection therewith many of their different positions. 'In' the present instance, one of the screws of the distributer C is provided with a sprocket wheel 0, and one of the screws of the dis? tributer D with a sprocket wheel P, the two sprocket wheels beingalriven by a continuous'sprocket chain M engaging a pair of sprocket wheels M The lower sprocket wheel is loosely mountedupona stud M projecting from the framework, while the vupper one is fast uponone end of a shaft M journaledin the framework, and carry- (i arranged at the front of the machine and having a detent G adapted to engage in one or another of the notches of the sector G. By shifting the hand lever in one direction or the other, the distributer C will be moved up or down and brought into operative relation to one' or another of the three uppermost magazines, A A, A. the detent G serving to hold the parts in their shifted position. A similar arrangement for the distributer D is employed, consisting of a pair ing at its other end a further sprocket wheel M driven by a sprocket chain M, which is operated from the shaft M carrying the driving pulley'M. It will be noted that the sprocket chain M extends throughout the range of movement of the two distributers, so that they are free to be shifted to a-ny'of their different positions without disturbing the driving connections.

The shaft 'M is also geared to a shaft N which operates the screws of the font separator E through the a intermediategearing N shown indetail in Fig. 5.

While in the accompanying drawings I j have shown my invention in connection with a series of inclined magazines, it will be understood that it may be "applied toa machine employing vertically disposed magazines, in which event the distributers would be moved horizontally instead of vertically as herein. It will also be understood that any desired form of font separating mechanism may be employed for delivering the matrices to one or the other of the distributcrs. the only requirement in this respect being that the matrices of the selected magazines be separated in an appropriate manner for distribution into the proper magazines. These and various other changes will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departure from the scope of my invention.

It will further be understood that the gen cral organization of my present machine may be made use of in various ways. For instance, for different languages and for different classes of work it is sometimes desirable to have the matrix characters differently arranged in the magazines and the keyboard, which arrangement involves an alteration in the distributors or in the matrices. It will be apparent that my present machine would be specially adapted for such use, in that. if desired, matrices of one grouping may be delivered into one magazine and matrices of a difIerent grouping into another magazine. It may also be noted that the construction is such that either one of two distributors may be brought into operative relation to a given magazine, which feature would allow, for example, matrices of one grouping or another to be delivered to the same maga zine. As previously stated, my invention is not limited to any use or adaptation of the general construction except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. In a typographical machine. the combination of a plurality of magazines, and two distributers movably arranged so as to be brought into operative relation to different selected pairs of said magazines.

2. In a typographical .machine, the com-- bin-ation of a plurality of magazines, two distributers, and means whereby the two distributers may be connected to any selected pair of magazines of the said plurality.

3. In a typographical machine. the combination of a plurality of magazines, and two distributors, the said distributors being movable independently so as to be brought into operative relation to any selected pair of magazinesof said plurality.

4. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, two

distributors movably arranged so as to bebrought into operative relation to difierent selected pairs of magazines, and a font separator for delivering the matrices to one or another of the distributors, as required.

5. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, two distributors movably arranged so as to be brought into operative relation to difi'erent selected pairs of said magazines, a font separator mounted in a fixed position in the machine, and flexible tubes leading from the font separator to the respective distributors.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, distributing mechanism, and means whereby the distributing mechanism may be operatively connected to any selected pair of magazines of the said plurality.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, and distributing mechanism cooperating with one pair of said magazines, the said distributing mechanism being movably arranged so as to be connected to a different pair of magazines at will. I

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, two distributers, intermediate channel entrances for conducting the matrices from the distributers to the corresponding magazines, and two separate and independently movable supporting frames, one for each distributer and its respective channel entrance.

9. In a typographical machine, the combination of two distributors, each movable independently to different operative positions, and means for actuating the distributers in any of their different positions.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of two distributers and actuating mechanism connected thereto, the distributers being movable independently to differ ent operative positions without disturbing their connection with the actuating mechanism.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine. and two distributers movably arranged so that one or the other may be brought into operative relation to the magazine.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP 'I. DODGE.

Witnesses:

C. W. WIMB RLY, E. J. LAMB. 

